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Rammenau
Rammenau Castle, front side
Rammenau Castle, front side
Country Germany
State Saxony
District Bautzen
Municipal assoc. Bischofswerda
Elevation
296 m (971 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)
 • Total 1,340
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
01877
Dialling codes 03594
Vehicle registration BZ, BIW, HY, KM
Website www.rammenau.de

Rammenau (German name; Upper Sorbian name: Ramnow, pronounced [ˈʁamnɔf]) is a municipality in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, Germany.

It is known as the birthplace of the well-known German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814).

Rammenau Castle was built between 1721 and 1735 by architect Johann Christoph Knöffel for Ernst Ferdinand von Knoch, chamberlain of king Augustus II the Strong. As Knoch went bankrupt with the immense costs of this project, Franz Josef von Hoffmann purchased it in a foreclosure auction in 1744. In 1879 it was sold to the von Posern family, with the last owner, Margarete von Helldorff née von Posern, being expropriated by the communists in 1945. Today it is owned by the State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony and open to the public, housing a museum with period furniture.

  • Castle Rammenau Germany 101

    Rammenau Castle, park side

  • Castle Rammenau Germany 102

    Park

  • Rammenau Chinesisches Zimmer

    The Chinese Room

  • Sog Bulgarisches Zimmer

    The Pompeiian room

  • Rammenau Blaues Zimmer

    The Blue Room

Literature

  • "Rammenau" (in de). Vollständiges Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon von Sachsen. 8. Zwickau. 1821. p. 747.. https://books.google.com/books?id=T3wAAAAAcAAJ&pg=747.
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